Failure of daptomycin monotherapy for endocarditis caused by an Enterococcus faecium strain with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible subpopulations and evidence of in vivo loss of the vanA gene cluster
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2007
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1537-6591, Vol. 45, Nro. 10, 2007 p. 1343–1346
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Oxford University Press
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A patient with native valve endocarditis caused by a vancomycin "heteroresistant" strain of Enterococcus faecium experienced failure of daptomycin monotherapy without evidence of daptomycin resistance. The infecting organism exhibited in vivo emergence of a vancomycin-susceptible subpopulation lacking vanA. Treatment with a combination of high-dose daptomycin, gentamicin, and high-dose ampicillin cleared the infection.